History YMMV / PS238

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: In a series where several villains have appeared and they run the whole gamut from [[GoKartingWithBowser harmless because they are on their time off]] ([[spoiler:Mr. Von Fogg]]) to outright vile ([[spoiler:[[SuperSupremacist the Argonians]]), you won't find any fans who have any love for Mr. and Mrs. Marlocke, who literally want Tyler to get superpowers or die trying [[spoiler:and develop a case of ParentalFavoritism for Tyler's clone, because he has superpowers, so bad that Toby uses [[RealityWarper said powers]] to put a stop to it - and it still only met them halfway.]]

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: As mentioned in the description, this has been described as "Take the kids from [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Springfield Elementary]], give them ComicBook/XMen powers, and send 'em to [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts.]]"

* XMeetsY: As mentioned in the description, this has been described as "Take the kids from [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Springfield Elementary]], give them ComicBook/{{X-Men}} powers, and send 'em to [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts.]]"

** Some of the alternate versions of himself Tyler sees in the mirrors at The Castle Beyond Time and Space are pretty nightmare-inducing. In one he is a powerful telepath who has accidentally linked everybody else together in a hivemind, making him the only lonely person in the world (see GoneHorriblyRight in the main page). In another, he is the strongest meta-prodigy at PS238 - and uses his power to harm and bully everybody else. Imagine seeing your friends being bullied - and then imagine that the bully is ''you''.

** Some of the alternate versions of himself Tyler sees in the mirrors at The Castle Beyond Time and Space are pretty nightmare-inducing. In one he is a powerful telepath who has accidentally linked everybody else together in a hivemind, making him the only lonely person in the world (see GoneHorriblyRight above). In another, he is the strongest meta-prodigy at PS238 - and uses his power to harm and bully everybody else.

* LoopholeAbuse / DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: When the Crystal Skull weasels out of giving Zodon $100,000 by giving him store credit instead of cash, all the characters treat it like LoopholeAbuse. Thinking about it from a [[MST3KMantra more objective opinion]], though, this is possibly ''even more damaging'' to his business. Sure, while he is not giving up $100,000 in cash, he is still giving up a huge source of revenue. He is essentially giving up just a little less money(the profit) and lowering his ability to draw in many customers who go for the shopping, but stay for the gambling. And if the Skull is following the model of many casinos and selling merchandise at a loss(they are mainly there for convenience, and they get your money anyway on the gambling floor), it would actually have been ''cheaper'' to just give Zodon the money. This becomes one of the other two tropes whether or not Skull knew it. It may have just been Skull's [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat villainous personality being villainous]], or [[YouFailEconomicsForever not]].
** The point wasn't to cheat Zodon out of the promised reward, it was to stop him from using the $100000 in cash to buy himself a nuclear reactor or what-have-you. By restricting him to the gift shop, he is restricting how much technology he can buy. If doing so means Crystal Skull loses an extra $10k from the merchandise but stays in the Revenant's good graces, then it is an acceptable loss.

* {{Narm}}: The lower-teeth-over-upper-lip face [[spoiler:Toby]] keeps pulling when he gets excited doesn't make ''any'' sense. If the author was aiming for CreepyChild, he merely hit "dorky".
** I always assumed he was going for BIZARRO Tyler or possible 'insane' more than creepy.
** He's probably trying to represent him experiencing something like a seizure.

** The point wasn't to cheat Zodon out of the promised reward, it was to stop him from using the $100000 in cash to buy himself a nuclear reactor or what-have-you. By restricting him to the gift shop, he is restricting how much technology he can buy. If doing so means Crystal Skull looses an extra $10k from the merchandise but stays in the Revenant's good graces, then it is an acceptable loss.

* LoopholeAbuse/ DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: When the Crystal Skull weasels out of giving Zodon $100,000 by giving him store credit instead of cash, all the characters treat it like LoopholeAbuse. Thinking about it from a [[MST3KMantra more objective opinion]], though, this is possibly ''even more damaging'' to his business. Sure, while he is not giving up $100,000 in cash, he is still giving up a huge source of revenue. He is essentially giving up just a little less money(the profit) and lowering his ability to draw in many customers who go for the shopping, but stay for the gambling. And if the Skull is following the model of many casinos and selling merchandise at a loss(they are mainly there for convenience, and they get your money anyway on the gambling floor), it would actually have been ''cheaper'' to just give Zodon the money. This becomes one of the other two tropes whether or not Skull knew it. It may have just been Skull's [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat villainous personality being villainous]], or [[YouFailEconomicsForever not]].
** The point wasn't to cheat Zodon out of the promised reward, it was to stop him from using the $100000 in cash to buy himself a nuclear reactor or what-have-you. By restricting him to the gift shop, he is restricting how much technology he can buy. If doing so means Crystal Skull looses an extra $10k from the merchandise but stays in the Revenant's good graces, then it is an acceptable loss.

** The point wasn't to cheat Zodon out of the promised reward, it was to stop him from using the $100000 in cash to buy himself a nuclear reactor or what-have-you. By restricting him to the gift shop, he is restricting how much technology he can buy. If doing so means Crystal Skull looses an extra $10k from the merchandise but stays in the Revenant's good graces, then it is an acceptable loss.

* LoopholeAbuse/ DickDastardlyStopsToCheat/ DidNotDoTheResearch: When the Crystal Skull weasels out of giving Zodon $100,000 by giving him store credit instead of cash, all the characters treat it like LoopholeAbuse. Thinking about it from a [[MST3KMantra more objective opinion]], though, this is possibly ''even more damaging'' to his business. Sure, while he is not giving up $100,000 in cash, he is still giving up a huge source of revenue. He is essentially giving up just a little less money(the profit) and lowering his ability to draw in many customers who go for the shopping, but stay for the gambling. And if the Skull is following the model of many casinos and selling merchandise at a loss(they are mainly there for convenience, and they get your money anyway on the gambling floor), it would actually have been ''cheaper'' to just give Zodon the money. This becomes one of the other two tropes whether or not Skull knew it. It may have just been Skull's [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat villainous personality being villainous]], or [[YouFailEconomicsForever not]].

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The powerhouse villain Thunderclap is about to turn Zodon into a bloody smear with his super-strength. Julie Fenster, codenamed 84, ''[[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ps238/comics/index.php?date=2011-05-25 catches the punch]]'', saving Zodon's life. When Thunderclap rears back to slap Julie out of the way, she ''[[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ps238/comics/index.php?date=2011-05-27 catches that punch too]]'', as if it was nothing.

* LoopholeAbuse/ DickDastardlyStopsToCheat/ DidNotDoTheResearch: When the Crystal Skull weasels out of giving Zodon $100,000 by giving him store credit instead of cash, all the characters treat it like LoopholeAbuse. Thinking about it from a [[MST3KMantra more objective opinion]], though, this is possibly ''even more damaging'' to his business. Sure, while he is not giving up $100,000 in cash, he is still giving up a huge source of revenue. He is essentially giving up just a little less money(the profit) and lowering his ability to draw in many customers who go for the shopping, but stay for the gambling. And if the Skull is following the model of many casinos and selling merchandise at a loss(they are mainly there for convenience, and they get your money anyway on the gambling floor), it would actually have been ''cheaper'' to just give Zodon the money. This becomes one of the other two tropes whether or not Skull knew it. It may have just been Skull's [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat villainous personality being villainous]], or [[YouFailEconomicsForever not]].

* LoopholeAbuse/ DickDastardlyStopsToCheat/ DidNotDoTheResearch: When the Crystal Skull weasels out of giving Zodon $100,000 by giving him store credit instead of cash, all the characters treat it like LoopholeAbuse. Thinking about it from a [[MST3KMantra more objective opinion]], though, this is possibly ''even more damaging'' to his business. Sure, while he is not giving up $100,000 in cash, he is still giving up a huge source of revenue. He is essentially giving up just a little less money(the profit) and lowering his ability to draw in many customers who go for the shopping, but stay for the gambling. And if the Skull is following the model of many casinos and selling merchandise at a loss(they are mainly there for convenience, and they get your money anyway on the gambling floor), it would actually have been ''cheaper'' to just give Zodon the money. This becomes one of the other two tropes whether or not Skull knew it. It may have just been Skull's villainous personality being villainous, or [[YouFailEconomicsForever not]].

* LoopholeAbuse/ DickDastardlyStopsToCheat/ DidNotDoTheResearch: When the Crystal Skull weasels out of giving Zodon $100,000 by giving him store credit instead of cash, all the characters treat it like LoopholeAbuse. Thinking about it from a [[MST3KMantra more objective opinion]], though, this is possibly ''even more damaging'' to his business. Sure, while he is not giving up $100,000 in cash, he is still giving up a huge source of revenue. He is essentially giving up just a little less money(the profit) and lowering his ability to draw in many customers who go for the shopping, but stay for the gambling. And if the Skull is following the model of many casinos and selling merchandise at a loss(they are mainly there for convenience, and they get your money anyway on the gambling floor), it would actually have been ''cheaper'' to just give Zodon the money. This becomes one of the other two tropes whether or not Skull knew it. It may have just been Skull's villainous personality being villainous, or [[YouFailEconomicsForever]]not.

* LoopholeAbuse/ DickDastardlyStopsToCheat/ DidNotDoTheResearch: When the Crystal Skull weasels out of giving Zodon $100,000 by giving him store credit instead of cash, all the characters treat it like LoopholeAbuse. Thinking about it from a [[MST3KMantra more objective opinion]], though, this is possibly ''even more damaging'' to his business. Sure, while he is not giving up $100,000 in cash, he is still giving up a huge source of revenue. He is essentially giving up just a little less money(the profit) and lowering his ability to draw in many customers who go for the shopping, but stay for the gambling. And if the Skull is following the model of many casinos and selling merchandise at a loss(they are mainly there for convenience, and they get your money anyway on the gambling floor), it would actually have been ''cheaper'' to just give Zodon the money.

* LoopholeAbuse/DickDastardlyStopsToCheat/DidNotDoTheResearch: When the Crystal Skull weasels out of giving Zodon $100,000 by giving him store credit instead of cash, all the characters treat it like LoopholeAbuse. Thinking about it from a [[MST3KMantra more objective opinion]], though, this is possibly ''even more damaging'' to his business. Sure, while he is not giving up $100,000 in cash, he is still giving up a huge source of revenue. He is essentially giving up just a little less money(the profit) and lowering his ability to draw in many customers who go for the shopping, but stay for the gambling. And if the Skull is following the model of many casinos and selling merchandise at a loss(they are mainly there for convenience, and they get your money anyway on the gambling floor), it would actually have been ''cheaper'' to just give Zodon the money.